46 h. ago China urged to boost innovation to drive development at home and abroad

China should focus on technological innovation to drive domestic and global development, a forum this week has heard. China would push for high-quality development and opening up to the outside world, Li Shulei, head of the Communist Party’s publicity department, told the 2025 Understanding China Conference in Guangzhou on Monday. The event, which ran between Sunday and Tuesday, was attended by around 800 people and technological innovation was a central theme. China also strove to help...

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4 d. ago Starmer urges UK business to boost trade with China despite security threats

Starmer urges UK business to boost trade with China despite security threats  Financial Times

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1 week ago Russia sees scope for oil exports boost to China, urges cooperation in LNG

Russia sees scope for oil exports boost to China, urges cooperation in LNG  Reuters

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2 w. ago Hong Kong to set up firm to speed up San Tin Technopole, boost I&T industry

Hong Kong authorities will take the lead by setting up a company to drive the development of a new innovation hub near the border, with the base focusing on prototyping, pilot production and small-scale manufacturing as strategic bets for the future. Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Sun Dong said on Thursday that the San Tin Technopole would serve as a base for advanced manufacturing and strategic IT industries, attracting global resources and talent under a market-led...

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4 w. ago Chinese students boost US education, Trump tariffs in court: SCMP daily highlights

Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Chinese student boom helps create more university spots for Americans: study China’s university boom has helped boost US postgraduate education and local economies in college towns, according to a new study. 2. Chinese trade negotiator urges US to boost agricultural cooperation China’s key trade negotiator, Li Chenggang, has called on the US to create “a...

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4 w. ago Chinese trade negotiator urges US to boost agricultural cooperation

China’s key trade negotiator, Li Chenggang, has called on the US to create “a favourable atmosphere” for agricultural cooperation between the two countries. “We hope the US will work together with China, with a focus on the broader picture, to create a favourable atmosphere for practical cooperation in areas such as agriculture,” Li told a visiting US agricultural trade delegation in Beijing on Tuesday, according to a statement published by the Ministry of Commerce on Wednesday. Li said there...

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